Fair Haven man dies while diving in Marine City

8:37 AM,
Jun. 9, 2014

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A Fair Haven man died today during a scuba diving trip on the St. Clair River in Marine City.

A witness saw James Allen Fox, 57, come to the water's surface, yell for help and then slip back underwater around 11 a.m. near Nautical Mile Park in the 500 block of Water Street, said Marine City Police Chief Donald Tillery. The witness alerted another diver who was on shore and called 911.

"The diving companion suited up and went to look for him and found him lifeless in 20 to 25 feet of water," Tillery ...